Granola Bars

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In my paranoia over having things stick horribly to the pan, I turned the glass baking dish upside down over a cookie sheet as soon as I pulled it out of the oven. WHUMP went a mass of granola onto the sheet. So much for bars ... maybe I'll follow that "cool completely" instruction more closely next time.

Even in their lumpy state, a quick taste and I knew they were keepers. Half the batch was gone before they were cool. The dog and I have been munching on the remainder for the past couple of days, just finishing it off this morning. These are *definitely* worth making again.

Recipe modification:
-old fashioned oats
+quick oats
-wheat germ
+rye germ
-unsalted butter
+salted margarine-like stuff (dairy free
-sunflower seeds
+dried cranberries for fruit

Calculated cost per batch: $6.23
Cost based on a grocery store shopping list I just built. Savings could probably be realized by buying some things (almonds, cranberries in bulk.

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So I am trying to replace the granola bars that my husband buys for work every month that we spend around $20 on. I really wanted to nutritional info on these, but I'm not finding it, so i found somewhere online to enter it and thought others might like to know! Copy and pasted below! The only thing that is different is 4 oz of cherries instead of the 6.5 that it called for, everything else is the same. Wish I had remembered to put in the chocolate chips like I had planned. they are hot out of the oven now, so I'm waithing to get a really good bit, but they look good and taste pretty good hot, can't wait to try them cooled!! :
Nutrition Facts

User Entered Recipe

16 Servings



Amount Per Serving


Calories 144.5

Total Fat 6.1 g

Saturated Fat 1.4 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1.9 g

Monounsaturated Fat 2.5 g

Cholesterol 3.8 mg

Sodium 133.0 mg

Potassium 142.7 mg

Total Carbohydrate 22.0 g

Dietary Fiber 2.0 g

Sugars 15.2 g

Protein 3.3 g


Vitamin A 7.5 %

Vitamin B-12 0.1 %

Vitamin B-6 10.0 %

Vitamin C 0.2 %

Vitamin D 0.2 %

Vitamin E 13.9 %

Calcium 4.9 %

Copper 8.3 %

Folate 8.6 %

Iron 9.7 %

Magnesium 8.7 %

Manganese 43.1 %

Niacin 7.8 %

Pantothenic Acid 3.5 %

Phosphorus 11.0 %

Riboflavin 7.0 %

Selenium 11.1 %

Thiamin 11.4 %

Zinc 6.2 %

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What can I say other than these granola bars ROCKED!!!!! I altered the recipe slightly because I didn't have any wheat germ, so I put some oats & nuts and I pulsed them until they were almost powdered/grainy (much like wheat germ and this worked beautifully! I also added 1/4 cup corn syrup and 1/4 cup of honey because I didn't have enough honey. I also added a bit more dried fruit to the mix and OMG these granola bars are the BEST ever!!!!!

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Made these earlier today. Was looking for a good granola/oat bar recipe and this one seemed to be the best. Everything came out exactly the way it was supposed to. I used only 1tbsp of butter plus 1tbsp of almond butter instead of 1 whole oz. of butter. I also cut back a tiny bit on the brown sugar.

Also reading the comments on how hard of a granola bar it was I did 1c rolled oats and 1c quick oats. It came out pretty crunchy around the edges of the pan, but a tiny bit chewy in the middle. It tastes super delicious (especially with a small amount of cinnamon adding. I used both flax and sunflower seeds, almonds, dried blueberries and banana chips. MAKE SURE YOU PACK IT INTO THE GLASS DISH TIGHT, so it doesn't crumble! Very delicious, versatile, and nutritious! Can't wait to make more, maybe peanut butter and chocolate next...

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You can get dried strawberries at: http://www.nutsonline.com/driedfruit/strawberries/dried-strawberries.html

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Can anybody tell me where to get dried strawberries?

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Excellent recipe and soo good! I made this recipe almost exactly liket his the first time but added mini chocolate chips and it was amazing! I started to read other reviews and saw the different ways of making it so I am at my second attempt. I omitted the dried fruit and added mini chocolate chips, cocoa powder, raisins, cinnamon and peanut butter.

I only used half of the butter and brown sugar because of the chocolate chips and
peanut butter. I haven't tried it yet but hopefully it comes out just as good as the first. I will make this recipe over and over there are so many options!

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This recipe turned out great! Instead of the other fruits, I added some dried strawberry and white chocolate chips. In addition to the nuts, I also added some ground flax seed. These were great!

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I make these about every other week. My husband takes one most mornings for breakfast and I always have one in my purse. They are better than store bought since you can control the ingredients and there are no chemicals.

I substitute Flax seed meal for half of the wheat germ and I use walnuts instead of almonds. The biggest change though is I use one cup of steel cut oats and one cup of regular oats. This makes them much chewier. I also cut the recipe into 20 portions instead of 16. My daughter's friends in high school are always begging her to bring them some. I am the official caterer of her Forensics team.

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Make this right now! II altered the recipe and it was still amazing! I chopped the almonds, subbed agave nectar for the honey, flax seed for the wheat germ, and added cranberries and coconut as my fruit. I cut into bars just before it was completed cooled. Got a few crumbles, but the bars stayed in tact! I think this will be a once a week recipe in my household - for breakfast or as a snack, these are perfect to grab and go!